envelop

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vt. 包封, 遮盖, 包围 n. 信封

发音

US /ɛnˈvɛləp/
UK /ɛnˈvɛləp/

词形变化

enveloped envelopest envelopeth enveloping envelops 三单 envelops enveloping 现在分词 enveloped 过去式 enveloped 过去分词

别名

invelop invelope envelope

教材释义与例句

动词

包围；包封；遮盖

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To surround, enclose or enfold.

    包裹

    包围

    笼罩

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

wrap enclose enfold enwrap

上位词 1

cover

下位词 10

cover hide tube capsule bathe cocoon shroud engulf benight capsulate

词源

From Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopper), from en- + voloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare; Old Italian alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlappaną, *wrappaną (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) http://www.wordnik.com/words/envelop. Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), Danish dialectal vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). Doublet of enwrap.

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